To bring a smile to your face during challenging times, learn about event organizations, venues and companies that are setting a positive example of human compassion and charitable giving in-action. The efforts of the Centerplate teams in Las Vegas, Charleston (West Virginia) and Orlando are included here. Source: More Good News from Philadelphia, Ohio and […]

As they prepare for the 2020 NFL Draft, the Miami Dolphins will be adding another social media platform into their draft-week repertoire: Reddit. The Dolphins are one of only two NFL teams to have official team accounts on the platform, and an AMA this week will feature Centerplate’s Dayanny De La Cruz, the executive chef […]

In an effort to continue aiding the Pasadena community during the ongoing crisis, the Pasadena Center Operating Company and Centerplate will continue providing healthy meals for students and families of the Pasadena Unified School District (PUSD). The meals will be distributed over four weekends through May 16th and 17th. The meal program will be paid […]

With COVID-19 shaking up the industry on a global level, Sodexo North America Region Chair Sarosh Mistry explains what core values of the company have been prevalent during these unprecedented times. The food and facility management company credits these core principles for being the true force of managing the impacts of a global pandemic. Listen […]

As the restaurant industry changes, automation might be the next step in food preparation and delivery. Steve Dominguez, a VP at Centerplate, supervised Picnic’s beta test at the Seattle Mariners’ T-Mobile Park last September during a dozen games. Dominguez hopes to include the system in operations going forward and said his employees were receptive to […]

The Windsor Arms Hotel, in partnership with Cerise Fine Catering, delivered 500 boxed lunches yesterday to first responders at Michael Garron Hospital in Toronto, with an additional 1,000 snacks prepared for the University Health Network to support healthcare professionals on the frontline battling the COVID-19 crisis. The free boxed meal was designed by executive chef, […]

From feeding workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle, to ensuring food from canceled events is going to the hungry instead of to landfills, here’s a sampling of how people and organizations from all corners of the business events industry are pivoting to help amid the COVID-19 crisis – including efforts from Centerplate […]

There were many inspiring examples of convention centers around the U.S. helping vulnerable citizens in their communities with food donations when event postponements and cancelations became the norm following government prohibitions of public gatherings – including Centerplate at the Las Vegas Convention Center donated approximately 9,240 pounds of prepared food to the Las Vegas Rescue […]

With stadiums and convention centers sitting empty, hospitality providers are turning their resources to the community. Sodexo and Centerplate have found many wants to bring their food resources to those in need. In Pasadena, the Pasadena Center Operating Company, Centerplate and Sodexo have joined forces to help the local community – and, at Huntington Hospital […]

Centerplate’s culinary teams at convention centers throughout the U.S. – many of which already maintain active food donation programs – are helping facilities turn the crisis into an opportunity to provide support for the communities in which they serve, including the Baltimore Convention Center, Raleigh Convention Center, Miami Beach Convention Center, Orange County Convention Center, […]